The WhistleSTOP program will host a mini-launch, Saturday, Dec. 10 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Harper Court, 5235 S. Harper Ct, and at Treasure Island, 1526 E. 55th St.

The WhistleSTOP program will host a mini-launch, Saturday, Dec. 10 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Harper Court, 5235 S. Harper Ct, and at Treasure Island, 1526 E. 55th St.

The shooting at Cornell Park, 5473 S. Cornell Ave., on Friday, Dec. 2 left Franklin disappointed. Friday, at 2:50 p.m., a 33-year-old-man was shot and killed in the park.

WhistleSTOP program to host mini-launch

A recent spike in crime in the Hyde Park neighborhood over the last few weeks has some Hyde Park residents on high alert, and as a result, some are looking for ways to stay safe. The WhistleSTOP program will host a mini-launch, Saturday, Dec. 10 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

You are just going to have to install cameras in parks, at intersections and certain buildings. Hyde Park is no longer a neighborhood where residents just go to school, go to work, involved in community activities. We're not in Kansas anymore.

San Francisco saw a 34.6 percent reduction in gunfire between 2014 and 2015, the most of any city in California, according to a report by the shot-detection company used by the city.

The dramatic drop in gunfire was the fifth-largest of the more than 60 cities nationwide that use ShotSpotter, the technology that instantly notifies police of the whereabouts of gunfire and counts how many shots were heard.

...its experience and comfort with complex public/private partnerships. For the new Mariano’s at 39th and King Drive, CNI had worked for years with the City of Chicago and the Chicago Housing Authority...

There have been several feature stories in the Chicago Sun Times about how the thoroughly corrupt Chicago Police Department conspired against gang affiliated black male youth in the Ida B. Wells public housing development for a decade!

Wednesday’s first shooting happened a little before 9 a.m. in Bronzeville. A 25-year-old man was working in the 300 block of East 51st Street when someone shot him in the forearm, police said. His condition was stabilized at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

...vehicle at 11:25 p.m. when he stopped at a red light in the 1400 block of South Homan, according to Chicago Police. Someone in a black Dodge Charger then fired at him from...

...and shot the 17-year-old boy in the hip before driving away from the 6300 block of South Talman, according to police. He was taken in good condition to Christ Medical Center in Oak...

At 6:35 p.m., a 54-year-old man was driving in the 1300 block of South Komensky in Lawndale when he was shot in the head, police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition. Twenty-two hours earlier, a 52-year-old man was shot to death on the same block.

About 4 p.m., someone in a dark-colored vehicle shot a 29-year-old man in the leg in East Garfield Park’s 700 block of North Ridgeway, police said. He was listed in fair condition at Stroger.

About the same time, a 22-year-old man was sitting in a vehicle in the 6800 block of South Calumet in Park Manor when someone got out of another green car and shot him in the chest and arm, police said. He was in serious condition at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Just before noon, someone opened fire on a 19-year-old man who was walking in the 3300 block of West 16th Street in North Lawndale, and a bullet grazed his head, police said. He took himself to Mount Sinai in good condition.

8 People Shot Wednesday In Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) - At least eight people were wounded in shootings Wednesday on Chicago's South and West sides. In the latest attack, a man was grazed by a bullet in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side. The 19-year-old was driving a vehicle at 11:25 p.m.

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